J. E. H. MacDonald Quotes


Snow and reflections were beautiful but transient effects and other difficulties were beyond me.

Made a sketch later on the cabin verandah but it was impossible to keep up with the changes. Oh the difficulties of mountain art for too little genius.

I have memories of the clearest crystal mountain days imaginable when we fortunates in the height seemed to be sky people living in light alone...

To paint from nature is to realize one's sensations not to copy what is before one.

If the function of the artist is to see the first duty of the critic is to understand what the artist saw.